From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 20:23:33 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A684106564A for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:23:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 593F98FC1F for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:23:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q1MKNWCc079599; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:23:32 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q1MKNWL4079596; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:23:32 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:23:32 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" In-Reply-To: <27398.1329939821@tristatelogic.com> Message-ID: References: <27398.1329939821@tristatelogic.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:23:32 -0700 (MST) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Info and questions about Brother[tm] multifunction machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:23:33 -0000 On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > In message <4F44E576.5000006@ifdnrg.com>, > Paul Macdonald wrote: > >> On 21/02/2012 22:33, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >>> Port 25 is apparently implementing _something_ that sort-of vaguely acts >>> like an SMTP server. However it appears to me that it only accepts e-mail >>> for one very specific email address,<...@example.com>, where the '...' >>> part is actually a long (unique?) string of letter and numbers that I found >>> on one of the config printout pages that I generated when I was installing >>> this thing. I have no idea what this is all about. I successfully sent >>> a short test e-mail to that address, manually typing in all of the necessary >>> SMTP commands (via telnet to port 25) and nothing whatsoever happened. I ha >> d >>> kind-of been expecting that what I sent (via SMTP) would be printed, but it >>> just didn't happen. Maybe I need to sent it a MIME-encoded message instead >> (?) >> ... >> I doubt you can email it print jobs... > > Well, I can't think of any other reason why the printer would be running > an SMTP _server_. I mean it isn't as if it is going to be handling > outgoing e-mail for anybody. Scan to email would use it. Possibly also it could email supplies status messages also, even to an arbitrary non-local address. "Dear owner, hope your vacation is going well. Just wanted to remind you I'm low on yellow toner. Also, I think I heard a noise downstairs. It's probably nothing."